Evaluation of the Efficacy and Cross-Protectivity of Recent Human and Swine Vaccines against the Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection |
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Authors: | Philippe Noriel Q. Pascua Min-Suk Song Jun Han Lee Kuk Jin Park Hyeok-il Kwon Yun Hee Baek Seung-Pyo Hong Jong-Bok Rho Chul-Joong Kim Haryoung Poo Thomas S. Ryoo Moon-Hee Sung Young Ki Choi |
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Affiliation: | 1. College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea.; 2. Bioleaders Corporation, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.; 3. College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, DaeJeon, Republic of Korea.; 4. Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.; 5. Prestige World Genetics, Genetics Korea, Ltd., Pyongtaek, Republic of Korea.;Institut Pasteur Korea, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | The current pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus remains transmissible among humans worldwide with cases of reverse zoonosis, providing opportunities to produce more pathogenic variants which could pose greater human health concerns. To investigate whether recent seasonal human or swine H1N1 vaccines could induce cross-reactive immune responses against infection with the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus, mice, ferrets or mini-pigs were administered with various regimens (once or twice) and antigen content (1.77, 3.5 or 7.5 µg HA) of a-Brsibane/59/07, a-CAN01/04 or RgCA/04/09xPR8 vaccine. Receipt of a-CAN01/04 (2-doses) but not a-Brisbane/59/07 induced detectable but modest (20–40 units) cross-reactive serum antibody against CA/04/09 by hemagglutinin inhibition (HI) assays in mice. Only double administration (7.5 µg HA) of both vaccine in ferrets could elicit cross-reactivity (30–60 HI titers). Similar antigen content of a-CAN01/04 in mini-pigs also caused a modest ∼30 HI titers (twice vaccinated). However, vaccine-induced antibody titers could not suppress active virus replication in the lungs (mice) or virus shedding (ferrets and pigs) of immunized hosts intranasally challenged with CA/04/09. Furthermore, neither ferrets nor swine could abrogate aerosol transmission of the virus into naïve contact animals. Altogether, these results suggest that neither recent human nor animal H1N1 vaccine could provide complete protectivity in all animal models. Thus, this study warrants the need for strain-specific vaccines that could yield the optimal protection desired for humans and/or animals. |
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